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Back To School boost sees online revenues rise +5.3 percent year-on-year, Wunderkind’s data shows

18th September 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Back To School, an increasingly important trading period for UK retailers, delivered a welcome boost to online retail revenues, according to the latest data from Wunderkind, the AI-driven [...]

Younger shoppers urge brands to increase use of digital channels for customer service, says new survey

17th September 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Survey reveals that 16-24-year-olds report WhatsApp as their top preference for contacting a brand, followed closely by Instagram Less than half (43 percent) of UK consumers say [...]

August bank holiday set to brighten retail and hospitality with £600m boost

22nd August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

The August bank holiday is set to boost retail and hospitality sales by 15 percent, equating to an additional £600 million contribution to the economy, according to [...]

Visa data shows boost in tourism in France as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 come to a close

13th August 2024|Latest News, Trends|

42 percent more tourists traveled to Paris in the first week of the Olympic Games, with US Visa cardholders representing the largest share of visitors (72 percent, [...]

Visa data shows how spending at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is boosting the French economy

8th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

26 percent year-on-year rise in sales for Paris small businesses during the first weekend of the Olympic Games Paris 2024[1] Significant increase in spending from Visa cardholders [...]

Retail sales come home as football fever boosts revenue by 35 percent

1st August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

New data from eCommerce provider Visualsoft shows just how big the influence of Euro 2024 and football fever has been on the nation’s spending. When looking at sales in [...]

Bridgerton sparks vintage boom as demand for authentic regency-era items rockets

24th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Interest in genuine early 19th century clothing and jewellery surges by up to 500 percent  ‘Regencycore’ trend sparked by immense success of newest season of hit Netflix show [...]

Retail and hospitality spend set to reach £491.4m during Euro 2024 Semi-Final stage

9th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

26m consumers will watch at least one Semi-Final game, spending £491.4m Retailers are predicted to generate £259.5m in food and drink sales as 19m fans tune into [...]

June’s mixed weather hinders the high street, but boosts takeaways, subscriptions and entertainment

9th July 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Card spending fell for the first time since February 2021, as retailers were hampered by cold weather early in the month  Consumer cutbacks and falling food price [...]

Retail and hospitality sectors to see £302.5m boost from England’s first match against Serbia at Euro 2024

14th June 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

UK retailers are set to cash in on £233.5m as 13.6m consumers tune into England’s first match from home Retailers predicted to make £129.2m on food and [...]

Summer of sport bonanza inspires homeowners to spend £1,400 to spruce up outdoor spaces

13th June 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

A third (32 percent) of homeowners are planning to splash the cash in their garden ahead of the upcoming summer of sport Homeowners plan to spend 54 [...]

Data suggests shift from ‘one time gifts’ to focus on image and beauty for Mother’s Day 2024

18th March 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

New data from the leading eCommerce provider Visualsoft indicates a shift in gifting behaviours for Mother’s Day. Average domain revenue across gifts, gadgets and gaming decreased 8.7 percent in [...]

Love is not all around for retailers: 24 million will skip Valentine’s gifting

13th February 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

54 percent of UK adults aren’t going to buy gifts this Valentine’s Day Under 35s are more than twice as likely to buy cards, gifts and experiences [...]

Consumer card spending grew just 3.1 percent in January as Brits opted for nights in and home-cooked meals

6th February 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Supermarkets saw higher growth than in December, as consumers returned to their regular routines post-Christmas Demand for digital content and takeaways remained strong as consumers saved money [...]

Superdrug reports strong Christmas trading over December

16th January 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Total sales up 9.2 percent and Like-for-like (LFL) sales up 7.1 percent in the four weeks ending 30th December 2023 Double-digit sales growth of 10 percent across Own [...]

While Boxing Day delivered a +39.2 percent week-on-week boost to store footfall, shopper traffic dipped marginally year-on-year

2nd January 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Total retail saw +39.2 percent improvement on Boxing Day (26th December 2023) footfall as bargain-hungry shoppers headed in-store  Cost-of-living pressures increase consumer appetite for discounting days, such [...]

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